Message from Marie

Tom and Carol Brinker are hosting a St. Patrick’s Day party at their house near Fenwick Island on Saturday, March 20^th.  Mark your calendar.  RSVP to Caral at 302-436-2487.

My daughter is getting married in April so I'd like volunteers to plan and coordinate an April activity.  Thanks, Marie

2004 Dues

Join up for 2004. Cost is $25.00 per couple or $12.50 for a single membership. Bring your check to the March meeting or mail to: Beachcombers Corvette Club, P.O. Box 1783, Millsboro, DE 19966. Pay by March 31^st . Dues must be paid to vote in the 2004 election of officers.

CELL PHONE NUMBER

If you would like your cell phone number to be included on the club’s membership list, please submit it to Connie Magee. 302-732-9221

STAY TUNED………

Bill Shaw is coordinating a new club shirt order. He will have more information soon.

Personals

Fred Chidister is doing well. So well that he was able to attend our February meeting. Good to have you back, Fred.

ONE MORE NEWSLETTER

“No news is good news.” You’ve heard that before. But this is not the case for newsletters. “All newsletters are good newsletters.” Step up and volunteer to compile the club newsletter. We need YOU.

Call Lynne 302-645-4719 or Don Magee.

BEACHCOMBERS CORVETTE CLUB

MINUTES

February 5, 2004

	President Don Magee called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
	23 members were present: Ray and Marie Myers, Don and Connie Magee, John and Lil Stitchberry, Rich Miller, Pat and Otts Bortle, Bill and Dianne Shaw, Rose Leister, Dale and Lynne Buckwalter, George Mikalaski, Rod Halanick, Len Kozarski, Peter and Marion Bonn, Wayne and Michelle Esposito, Joe Worts, and Fred Chidester.
	The President welcomed everyone and extended welcomes to guests Ed and Tonya Marcelle, Rick Berry (who has the corvette museum that everyone attended on January 17^th, and to Lou and Janet Smith (who had seen our ad in the newspaper and came to check us out).
	The President then asked for the Secretary’s report. Connie Magee asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes as stated in the newsletter and then requested that the minutes be approved as written. Pat made a motion to have minutes approved as written and Marion seconded the motion and they were unanimously approved.
	Ray read the treasurer’s report. Connie made a motion to have the report approved and Dianne seconded and they were unanimously approved.
	The Vice President read off the application of Rick Berry and his wife, Linda, from Dover. They own 8 corvettes and Rick is President of the Shorevettes. Ray asked for a vote to accept them as members and John made a motion and Bill seconded it and it was unanimously approved.
	There was no historian report.
	Marie mentioned the trip to Three Little Baker’s Dinner Theatre to see Smokey Joe’s Café. We will meet the bus at JW Pickles in Georgetown at 3:30. The show starts at 5:30 and we should return home about midnight. There are still two reserved seats left for anyone wishing to go.
	Marie mentioned that Tom and Carol Brinker would like to have a St. Patrick’s day party at their house on March 20^th. Details will follow at the March meeting.
	Rick Berry mentioned that First State Corvette Club and the Shorevettes were doing a caravan ride down Skyline Drive in April and we were welcome to attend. He would give us more details later. Also mentioned was a trip to Nashville on Labor Day weekend that they were planning and details would follow. They plan on flying down to Nashville and staying there with a trip over to the Corvette Museum. The Shorevettes are also planning an event the 2^nd weekend in June at the Salisbury Mall to coincide with the Delmarva Chicken Fry. Details will also follow on that.
	Marie, as the Chair of the Nominations Committee, listed the names the club has to date for officers:

President - Joe Worts

Vice President - Dale Buckwalter

Secretary - Dianne Shaw

Treasurer - Lynne Buckwalter

Historian - Pat Bortle

Activities Chair- Carolyn Brinker

Sgt. at Arms - Peter Bonn

The floor was then opened for other nominations and Len nominated Rich Miller for Vice President.

	Don mentioned that we still need someone to take over the newsletter and asked everyone to think about it for the next meeting.
	Len mentioned that on Tuesday, February 9^th, on the travel channel, they are going to have a program on Bowling Green.
	Don mentioned that we are still looking for meeting places for the club. We are meeting in March at Cottage Café and he asked everyone to think about other places to go. Len mentioned the American Legion on Route 24. They have a huge room for a meeting place. He is going to look into it and get information for the next meeting.
	Connie read a thank you note from Fred and a thank you letter from Hospice for our donation.
	Don mentioned that he had talked to the Shorevettes and First State about joining us for our trip to the Shorebirds on August 7. Marie talked to Norb at the stadium and he is very excited about us coming over. Details will follow at later meetings.
	Don mentioned the business cards that Len had talked about before. Len stated that the man had never gotten back to him on this and he will follow up on this. Marie mentioned that she had gone to Staples to check their prices out since she had been doing business cards for the officers. She made a motion to have membership cards done for everyone who is a member in the club and for the officers. Since First State is our sponsor and give discounts to anyone for work done in the service department, a member could show his membership card when needed. Connie seconded the motion and all were in favor.

	Bill Shaw brought sample shirts, a jacket and all weather pull over top to show since we had been talking about new club shirts. Everyone is to look at them and the book. It was suggested that possibly we could get one color shirt for the men and another color for the women so that we would all have the same shirts at club functions. Any other items would be ordered individually. Bill is going to get some more information for the next meeting.
	Marie mentioned that the existing club shirts are on sale for $8.00.
	Don talked about the “Gordon’s School” being held on April 3^rd at Rick Berry’s garage. Gordon Killebrew is coming to discuss hands on troubleshooting for 1984-1996 corvettes. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Registration is $25.00. Several corvette clubs are sponsoring this event. The clubs are putting up the initial fee and registration fees will be divided and returned to the clubs. Dale made a motion to put up the $300.00 (more or less) for our sponsorship and Joe seconded the motion and all were in favor. It was suggested that anyone interested could caravan up.
	Don mentioned that we needed to pick a car show chairman and begin work on planning the car show. A possible date for the car, assuming we pick the same weekend, would be August 21^st. This would not conflict with Carlisle since that is August 27^th. We will try and pick a chairman next month.
	Rich Miller suggested that the membership list include cell phone numbers and it was suggested that any cell phone numbers be given to Connie to include in the list.
	The 50/50 was won by Don Magee for $39.00.
	The door prize, donated by Bill and Dianne Shaw, was a bottle of wine and a shell vase. This was won by our guest, Janet Smith.
	The President adjourned the meeting at 8:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Connie Magee

February 2004

2004 Elections

Club Officers

President………….… Don Magee………..……..302-732-9221……Connie.Magee@state.de.us

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2004 Dues

February 5, 2004